01 Oct 2014

Revolution will be performed! 39.RMNSC.

Artists and guests: Boris Charmatz&TinoSehgal& Frank Willens, Claire Bishop, Markus Öhrn, Sztodiełat'?, Milo Rau, ArturŻmijewski& Igor Stokfiszewski, Showcase Beat Le Mot, Vera Mantero, Aleksandra Wasilkowska, DagnaJakubowska, Guy de Cointet, TanzLaboratorium, Maja Kleczewska, Florian Malzacher, Milena Kipfmüller, NikidaKadan

and

Performance Now, exhibition
Artists: Marina Abramović, Jérôme Bel, Allora&Calzadilla, William Kentridge, Ragnar Kjartansson, Yael Bartana, Santiago Sierra, Guy Ben-Ner, Marvin Gaye Chetwynd, Claire Fontaine, Christian Jankowski, Jesper Just, Liz Magic Laser, KalupLinzy, NandiphaMntambo, Laurie Simmons, Ryan Trecartin
Curator: RoseLee Goldberg, Founding Director and Curator of Performa


Festival Director: Anna Lewanowicz
Curator: Joanna Warsza


The 39th edition of Krakow Theatrical Reminiscences expands the field of the theatre to include forms such as a court trial, a mass, a dinner, a staged lecture, and an exhibition. The programmeof the festival is divided into two major themes. In the first we focus on the politics of performance and ask how and why visual artists make theatre, often trying to deconstruct it by whatever means possible. The other theme refers to the political crisis in Ukraine and Russia and the artists' response to the growing antagonisms and nationalisms. Projects, debates, and activity pose the question whether art can work as a laboratory of critical and political thought, a factory of possible and impossiblescenarios that rework reality as we know it.

Performance Now showcases a selection of the most interesting performances by contemporary artists combining theatre, visual arts, and civic activism. It focuses on how visual artists create performance, often attempting to deconstruct, negate or subvert traditional narrative theater. Bringing together some of the most significant practitioners today, Performance Now surveys critical and experimental currents in performance internationally featuring works by exceptional artists.